Tax Information
Sales Tax Application available at the bottom of this page or by clicking on the Documents link in the header
In the City of Lafayette businesses pay sales taxes to:
The City of Lafayette
The Financial Services Division of the Finance Department is responsible for sales tax collections and licensing.
The City of Lafayette is a Home Rule city for which the State does NOT collect local sales or use taxes. The sales tax rate is 3.50%.
The combined local sales/use tax rate for applicable sales in the City of Lafayette is 8.3%.
State of Colorado
The state sales and use tax rate is 2.9%. For sales tax there are certain exemptions: food for home consumption; machinery and machine tools used in manufacturing; gas, electricity, fuel oil, wood, etc. for home use. For sales tax a deduction for a service fee to the vendor (2 1/3%) is allowed for each applicable tax if sales taxes are paid on or before a due date. Sales Taxes are remitted on Form DR 0100 Combined Retail Sales Tax Return.
Sales Taxes due from home businesses and isolated sales are remitted on Form DR 0100A Combined Annual Retail Sales Tax Return (For Use by Home Business And for Isolated Sales)
The remittance form for "Special Event" sales is DR 0098. It is attached to the Vendor Special Event License Application. Use taxes for the State of Colorado and the three service/taxing districts described below are remitted on Form DR 0252 Consumer Use Tax Return.
For more information on the sales and use taxes collected by the State of Colorado, please see the Colorado Department of Revenue web site.
Various Service and Taxing Districts
Regional Transportation District (RTD). This district includes Boulder County and the rate is 1.0%.
Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (CD). This district sales tax applies to all sales which are subject to the RTD tax and the rate is 0.1%.
The combined total for these two service/taxing districts is 1.1%.
Boulder County
The State of Colorado collects sales taxes for Boulder County. Boulder County's tax rate is .8%. Read the Colorado Sales/Use Tax Rates for Sales Tax Exempt items, items covered by the use tax, and any service fee.
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SalesTaxApp.pdf
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Application for City of Lafayette Sales and Use Tax License |
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